George wesley eddy



No. 617,240. Patent'e'd- 1a... 3, I899. a. w. EDDY. CLAMP F08 BICYCLEBELLS.

(Application flled'Nov. 5, 1898.)

(No Modal.)

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ATENT GEORGE WESLEY EDDY, OF YVATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THESCOVILL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

CLAMP FOR BICYCLE-BELLS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 617,240, dated January3, 1899.

Application filed November 5, 1898. Serial No. 695,602. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE WESLEY EDDY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Waterb ury, in the county of New Haven and State ofConnecticut, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement inClamps for Bicyole-Bells, of which the following is a full, clear, andexact description.

The object of this invention is to provide a clamp for bicycle-bellswhereby the bell may be adjusted. so as to bring the bell-lever into anyposition which the operator may desire.

The invention consists of a solid or a divided of adjustable clamphaving an angular socket to cooperate with an angular post projectingfrom the base of the bell and a screw or bolt or other suitablefastening for uniting the clamp and the bell in any desired position.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating my invention, in the severalfigures of which like parts are similarly designated, Figure 1 is a sideelevation of a bell supplied with one form of my clamp. Fig. 2 is a topplan view, Fig. 3 is a perspective view, and Fig. 4. is a perspectiveview dismembered, of the clamp shown in Fig. 1, the same being a dividedor adjustable clamp of common construction supplied with my improvement.Fig. 5 is a vertical section of a bell, showing a solid or one-piececlamp. Fig. 6 is a top plan view, and Fig. 7 is a perspective view, ofthe clamp of Fig. 5. Fig. 8 is a vertical section of the base of thebell shown in Fig. 1, and Fig. 9 is a partial bottom plan viewillustrating the base of either form of bell.

The bell proper, a, may be of any approved construction, as may be thebell-lever, the hammer, and the train of gearing for operating the same.

The base I) is supplied with an angular post 0, in this instance shownas hexagonal. This post may have a central plain bore for use inconnection with the fastening-stem in Figs. 1 to 5, or it may bescrew-threaded, as shown in Fig. 8, for use in connection with thefastening shown in Fig. 7.

The clamps cl and 6 may be of usual construction, excepting that onemember terminates in an angular ear or socket, as shown at d and e,respectively, while the othermember terminates in a perforated flatflange or ear, as at 61 or in a cupped flange or ear, as shown at (3*.

As already described, the post 0 may be perforated, and, as shown inFig. 5, such a perforated post permits the use of a bolt f, whichextends through the members d and d or e and. e and up into the base andbell and serves as the usual post for the reception of the bell proper,while a tubular cylindrical extension 0 of the post 0 above the basereceives the driven gear of the bell and the bell hammer, a nut 9 beingapplied above the bellhammer in order to secure the parts in position.The head of the bolt f may be slabbed 01f, as at f, in order toprevent-the turning of the said bolt as the nut g and the bell areapplied thereto.

Where the post 0 is screw-threaded, as in Fig. 8, a short screw 72, Fig.7, is passed through the parts d and d or e. and e" and into thisscrew-threaded post, and in this form of the invention the usual post ion the base of the bell may be employed. The cupping of the ear of theclamp, as at e serves to re ceive the head of the screw.

Now it is obvious that by loosening the screw or the bolt sufficientlythe bell may be turned as desired to bring the bell-lever in theposition most convenient for operation, and then when the angular postis fitted again into the angular ear of the clamp the screw or bolt isfastened and the new position made secure, and this may be done withoutaltering the position of the clamp on the part to which it is applied,By thus making the bell adjustable with relation to its clamp the bellmay be not only adjusted so as to bring its lever into any desiredposition, but said bell may be placed in positions-upon the frame .ofthe bicycle, for instance--heretofore inacto receive said post, and afastening device engaging the clamp and post and adapted to receive thesounding mechanism of the bell, substantially as described. I 5

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 3d day ofNovember, A. D.

GEORGE WESLEY EDDY. Witnesses:

GEO. F. HODGES, J H. FILLING.

